A federal agency has cited three Chicago-area companies for allegedly not properly protecting workers doing renovations on Chicago’s sprawling Old Post Office from lead and cadmium exposure. They face more than $200,000 in fines in all. A Wednesday statement from …
Plaintiffs in a landmark legal settlement related to Flint’s lead-tainted water are accusing the city of failing to comply with the deal and are asking a federal judge to enforce it. The Natural Resources Defense Council and American Civil Liberties …
Chicago, Ill.-based Old Republic International Corp. has named Jeffrey Lange senior vice president in underwriting and distribution of the Old Republic General Insurance Group Inc. Concurrently, he will become a member of ORGIG’s office of the chief executive officer, this …
A bad broker, classic cars that got destroyed in a fire and insurer rating downgrades were among the most widely read news stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2017. Broker Gone Bad One story that generated much interest among …
Expect some new debates on old measures when Nebraska lawmakers return to the Capitol next month for the 2018 session. Senators have spent the last few months tinkering with proposals that stalled last year in hopes of reviving them during …
The Chicago Police Department has rewritten rules on the use of Tasers to deter officers from using them on people who are running away or vulnerable to injury. The Chicago Tribune reported that the tightened policy follows the newspaper’s investigation …
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says 10 more cities have joined Chicago’s effort to address climate change after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris climate accord. Emanuel said Tuesday that a total of 67 cities worldwide …
A public television station has won a court battle over insurance policies that could pay for cleaning up contamination at the site of a shuttered Evansville dry-cleaning business. Judge Richard D’Amour ordered Red Ink Management LLC on Wednesday to maintain …
A fired food service worker is charged with ramming other vehicles at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., last week. Forty-year-old Chay Vang was charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and five misdemeanor counts of damage …
Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance has named Todd Fancher as its first digital transformation officer. Fancher will oversee American Family group’s strategic investment in technology and practices that provide better service and value to customers, such as artificial intelligence (AI), …
